ORLANDO-In a move to strengthen its leadership team, CNL Financial Group has added two executives with significant experience in the health care and senior living real estate sectors. CNL named Sharon Yester head of asset management and Kevin Maddron as senior vice president of asset management for the health care sector.

“Sharon and Kevin have a great deal of experience with managing large commercial property portfolios, particularly in the senior living and health care sectors,” Thomas Sittema, CEO of CNL, said in a statement. “Their relationships and knowledge will be invaluable as CNL grows its presence in those areas.”

Yester previously worked as senior vice president of asset management for CNL Retirement Properties, Inc. and subsequently as senior vice president of asset management at Health Care Property Investors, Inc., which acquired CNL Retirement Properties in 2006. At Health Care Property Investors she was responsible for a total portfolio worth more than $11 billion. Yester has more than 25 years of experience in senior living and health care, as well as experience in retail and lodging.